Bromo - B&W

A few days before I left to Indonesia, Mount Merapi erupted on the
West side of Java, injuring and killing several people. This is the
heavily photographed Mount Bromo on the east side. Just a week after
this was taken, this mountain also erupted...

On Tuesday, 23 November 2010, 16.30 Western Indonesian Times, the
Indonesian Center of Vulcanology and Geology Disaster Mitigation had
risen the activity status of Mount Bromo to "alert" because
of the increasing activity of tremors and shallow earthquakes in the
mountain. The potential volcano eruption might take place soon. As
precautions the refugees encampments were erected, the locals and
tourists must cleared the area within radius three kilometres from the
caldera. Currently the Bromo is off limits for visitors, as the
volcano is the most famous tourism attraction in East Java.

Bromo started to erupt ash on Friday 26 November.

From Wikipedia: Mount Bromo (Indonesian: Gunung Bromo), is an active volcano and part
of the Tengger massif, in East Java, Indonesia. At 2,329 metres (7,641
ft) it is not the highest peak of the massif, but is the most well
known. The massif area is one of the most visited tourist attractions
in East Java, Indonesia.

Mount Bromo sits in the middle of a vast plain called the "Sea of
Sand" (Javanese: Segara Wedi or Indonesian: Lautan Pasir), a
protected nature reserve since 1919. The typical way to visit Mount
Bromo is from the nearby mountain village of Cemoro Lawang. From there
it is possible to walk to the volcano in about 45 minutes, but it is
also possible to take an organised jeep tour, which includes a stop at
the viewpoint on Mount Penanjakan (2,770 m or 9,088 ft) (Indonesian:
Gunung Penanjakan). The best views from Mount Bromo to the Sand Sea
below and the surrounding volcanoes are at sunrise. The viewpoint on
Mount Penanjakan can also be reached on foot in about two hours. From
inside the caldera, sulfur is collected by workers.

Also, I have been updating my website and blog, and will have some new
posts detailing my travel experiences soon (if you are interested of
course :))

Are you kidding me!!! This is surreal with how incredibly cool looking this eruption looks. That's too bad about the people though, as being in, by far, the most volcanically active area in the world makes life incredibly difficult. But yet they continue to thrive. This is actually not that far from the infamous Krakatoa volcano, which had an eruption in 1883 that was so loud it was heard over 1,200 miles away with sounds waves circling the earth a recorded seven times. Or, the 1815 explosion of Tambora on the other side that put so much ash in the stratosphere that partially blocked the sun to the point of it snowing in New England in July 1816, "the year without a summer", inspiring the short story Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. An incredibly dangerous area to live in. It's so awesome you got to travel there and see the culture, and capture views like this. One day I would love to visit this area as well.

What a dramatic shot and setting. I mean where do you find multiple volcanos with one nearly erupting. Those poor people have lived with seismic and eruptions forever. Krakatoa East of Java erupted in 1883 and killed tens of thousands. Great job on the B/W conversion.

♥ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ Sometime, there is a presence, something witch never arrived. the light move, the colors are doing a show. All is special and the time pass and don't pass ... The magic time is present.You shoot it !Well done. Congrats